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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic
in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011, through fair and independent
investigations and prosecutions at the domestic or international level;
33. Urges all Member States and, in particular, parties to the conflict to
cooperate fully with the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism, including
through the provision of relevant information and documentation, stresses its mandate
to closely cooperate with the Commission of Inquiry, also urges the Mechanism to
make a particular effort to ensure consultation and cooperati on with Syrian civil
society organizations by concluding cooperation frameworks, and requests the United
Nations system as a whole to enhance cooperation with the Mechanism and to
promptly respond to any request, including access to all information and
documentation, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 71/248;
34. Welcomes the inclusion of the full funding for the International, Impartial
and Independent Mechanism in the budget proposal of the Secretary-General for
2020, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 73/182, and emphasizes the
need to fully implement its previous decisions on the funding of the Mechanism in
order to ensure that the Mechanism can operate at its full capacity as soon as possible;
35. Emphasizes the need to ensure that all those responsible for violations of
international humanitarian law or violations and abuses of human rights law are held
to account through appropriate, fair and independent domestic or international
criminal justice mechanisms, in accordance with the principle of complementarity,
stresses the need to pursue practical steps towards this goal, and for that reason
encourages the Security Council to take appropriate action to ensure accountability,
noting the important role that the International Criminal Court can play in this regard;
36. Welcomes the efforts by States to investigate conduct in the Syrian Arab
Republic and to prosecute crimes within their jurisdiction committed in the Syrian
Arab Republic, encourages them to continue to do so and to share relevant
information between States in accordance with their national legislation and
international law, and also encourages other States to consider doing the same;
37. Urgently requests the convening of a high-level panel discussion, funded
by voluntary contributions, led by the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner of Human Rights, the Commission of Inquiry and Syrian civil society
to brief the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session on the situation of human
rights in the Syrian Arab Republic, and encourages United Nations monitoring and
reporting to help this panel to further document violations of international
humanitarian law and violations and abuses of human rights, including those that may
amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes, to provide recommendations to
facilitate improvements in civilian protection and accountability measures, and to
feature witness testimony of Syrian human rights defenders and other Syrian voices
through appropriate and safe means;
38. Deplores the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab
Republic, and urges the international community to assume its responsibility for
providing urgent financial support to enable the host countries and communities to
respond to the growing humanitarian needs of Syrian refugees, while emphasizing the
principle of burden-sharing;
39. Calls upon all members of the international community, including all
donors, to fulfil their previous pledges and continue to provide much -needed support
to the United Nations, its specialized agencies and other humanitarian actors to
provide humanitarian assistance to the millions of Syrians who are in need, in cluding
those displaced both internally and in host countries and communities;
40. Welcomes the efforts of those countries outside the region that have put in
place measures and policies to assist and host Syrian refugees, encourages them to do
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